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A real person, according to my assessment, is one who goes to work every day, relaxes or does errands in the evenings and on weekends (no homework, imagine!) and supports him or herself financially. Real people live in apartments, not dorms, and they have kitchens, not cafeterias. They are able...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: POSTCARD FROM MANHATTAN | 7/10/1998 | See Source »

If you like cloying affectation masquerading as insight, then you will enjoy the much hyped Bridget Jones's Diary. The alter ego of London journalist Helen Fielding, Bridget is a bundle of frail funk, preoccupied by short skirts, long nails and yo-yo dieting. She has mother issues, toxic-married...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Now Isn't THAT the Truth? | 6/8/1998 | See Source »

CHRISTIAN DIOR The hold-your-breath waists and long, flared skirts launched by Dior in Paris in 1947 came to be known as the New Look. De rigueur in the '50s, the style wound up as an Enduring Look.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 100 Years of Fashion: The Century's Style File | 6/8/1998 | See Source »

Throughout the '20s, Chanel's social, sexual and professional progress continued, and her eminence grew to the status of legend. By the early '30s she'd been courted by Hollywood, gone and come back. She had almost married one of the richest men in Europe, the Duke of Westminster; when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Designer COCO CHANEL | 6/8/1998 | See Source »

In the fall of 1947, the "New Look"--an emphasis on hourglass figures, long skirts and heightened femininity originated by Christian Dior--sweeps Radcliffe and the nation.

Author: By Adam A. Sofen, | Title: Timeline 1947-1948 | 6/1/1998 | See Source »

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